Butler to withdraw from A-10 next week, will join Big East

10:20 PM,
Mar. 15, 2013

A Big East logo is displayed on the court at Madison Square Garden before an NCAA college basketball game between Marquette and St. John's Saturday, March 9, 2013,in New York. The conference has reached an agreement with seven departing basketball members that will allow them to separate from the football schools and create their own conference on July 1. Commissioner Mike Aresco told The Associated Press on Friday the seven Catholic schools that are leaving to form a basketball-centric conference will get the Big East name, along with the opportunity to play their league tournament in Madison Square Garden.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Butler will withdraw from the Atlantic 10 next week and join the reshaped Big East, according to a source familiar with the ongoing discussions.

An announcement is expected next week. The goal is to get a new conference done before the second round of the NCAA Tournament begins on Thursday.

Bernadette McGlade, the A-10 commissioner, said Friday in an e-mail that several presidents and athletic directors left a conference meeting earlier in the day. She did not identify which ones or why they left. ...